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1. Plan ahead by sending out the Doodle to identify common times.
2. Good enough is perfect.
3. Trust the group process.
4. Work on the comfort zone individually and as a group.
5. Enjoy the open sharing and networking.
6. Build your personal learning network.
7. Stay committed and mark ONL meetings in your calendar.
8. Have courage and be confident.
9. Be flexible
10. Blogging is important for your own learning process.
11. Shared facilitation is important.
12. Enhance group work through collaboration.

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1. Delegate time for reading, blogging and getting used to new communication tools

2. Take notes during the webinar

3. Seize the opportunity to network and learn from others

4. It can be daunting in the beginning but it gets better along the way

5. Enjoy the experience

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This course is estimated for 80 hours. But be prepared to spend more time if you like to fully engage in the community.

See this as an opportunity to engage in what interest you the most. You can choose to immerse in a specific aspect of a topic.

Don't be too proud to ask for help. Ask your group for help if/when you need it.

It is a good idea to fully take part of the Getting started- and Connecting week. You will be getting valuable information and a better understanding about what the course is about.

Don't spend too much time talking about the digital tools. It is more important to have time to discuss the content of each topic.

Try a variety of tools. You will get a better understanding of what kind of tools that encourage real collaboration.

Spend some time in the group talking about how you want to communicate. It's important to agree on how you want to collaborate both in synchronous sessions and asynchronously.

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1. Allocate the necessary time
2. You will enjoy it — just get into it.
3. Do write your blogs — you will learn a lot from writing. It can feel challenging, but once you overcome the initial resistance it feels quite natural.
4. Discuss and agree on the 'house keeping' rules for your group from the beginning to ensure effective communication

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Reserve enough time each week

Try to keep up with the writing of the blog posts

Accept that you will not be able to take it all in at once - it will take time!

It is ok to feel lost at the beginning - this will improve!

Plan to have a quiet space with good wifi to attend online meetings

Your individual goals and ambition will determine the level of commitment and the amount of time spent

Find time to enjoy the ride

Remember to sleep

Be yourself - diversity is the key for success

It is an amazing experience to connect with people around the world

Have a good wifi - internet connection

Share your fears, your feelings, your points of view. Diversity is the key!

Let the team guiding you if you feel lost, you will then enjoy the journey.

Everybody has something to bring in the community, just that some people need more time to realize it.

Listen to the others, they certainly bring something new to your vision of education.

Read the material and join the webinars it helps to understand the topic

In your FISh document put in the scenario and everyone can remember it not stray away from the topic. Also

If you are the leader remember to add items to the agenda it helps to guide the meeting

If you are having difficulties your colleagues will help you as well your facilitators so don’t get scared to ask for help

It is a good learning experience and you actually come out with new knowledge and skills to embrace it and enjoy the course

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1. Focus on the topic and the process.
2. Try to get all the members of the group involved, and give each other space and time. Be generous.
3. Be open and trust each other.
4. Always keep communication open e.g. through whatsapp.
5. There is no shame in asking or in admitting ignorance.
6. There is no shame in admitting to lack of time.
7. Jump in to help or contribute in different ways.
8. Make sure that the threshold is low so that everyone can participate. There is no need to be perfect.
9. stay engaged. If you don't have the answers- ask questions.
10. Use your blog posts as your own notes and for your own reflection.
11. Concentrate on what is relevant to you. Use that awareness as your compass for learning.
12. Less is more. Do not be too anxious to absorb everything.
13. Care for each other and help each other out.
14. When leading the group, ensure that everyone feels included.
15. Always try and help each other out. Remember that you are a group.

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1. Connect in the beginning (to students).

2. Take connecting week seriously as if it were one of the main topics. Groups and group work are vital to this course.

3. Discuss meeting times in the very beginning to make sure everyone knows what time suits everybody.

4. Decide early on who leads what topic so that people can prepare and also set meeting times early on.

5. Write down all common webinar times and plan for them in your schedule (would be great if all times could be provided from the beginning).

6. Attend zoom meetings even if you feel that you are not quite up to date with material yet. The zoom meeting will help stay motivated and might clear up uncertainties.

7. The blog or at least some other interactions/assignments can feel disconnected to the rest of the learning experience,  and the blog  can be a barrier for non-native speakers. See these different tasks as possibilities for you to find different ways for your own way of learning.

8. Make sure that the topic leaders are also meeting hosts so that they can record meetings.

9. The benefits outweigh the work you have to put in (really :))

10. Finally, ONL can be a bit overwhelming. You may have to concentrate on individual tasks at different times and do other tasks less (e.g. group webinars or blog posts). Relax, because there is no right or wrong. All you have to do is always stick around and keep swimming!

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1. Become familiar with the online platform the course uses - it is not perfect but it is an important tool for communication! Otherwise agree on using another communication tool for inter-group chats (especially related to meeting dates/times, division of work, etc.)

2. Communicate with your working group the best way to handle the scheduling of meetings - plan them in advance (on a specific day each week) or take it topic by topic.

3. Becoming comfortable with some of the digital tools might require you to 'play around' on your own time - this is a worthwhile investment!

4. Remember to take notes during the webinar - it is harder than you think to go back to the recording after the fact and find that exact idea/point!

5. Schedule all meetings for the entire course at the outset so that people can plan their schedules accordingly (if they can or cannot make the meeting, how can they nonetheless contribute to the topic)

6. Choose leaders for all topics at the outset of the course.

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Here are some tips for future ONLers from members of the PBL group 1:

Stay with the course - so many new digital tools shared - it will be worth your while!

Make sure you dedicate enough time for the course!

Be open to new ways of thinking!

If English is not your first language and if you have some difficulties, don't be afraid. With a little more dedication (and google translate help), you can meet this challenge and enjoy this amazing ONL course.

Never underestimate the course content as there is a lot to learn from simply being engaged.

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There is a lot to learn from this course but you need to be prepared to put down the time and work for it! It is worth it!

Make up good and clear ground rules with your PBL group and also plan how you are going to do the work and meetings during the course.

If you haven’t blogged before, take some time to think about that before you start the course. That will make it easier for you to start your blog right away!

Don’t be afraid of that others have more experience than you, just jump in and you will do great!

To the organizers:

Keep the rhythm of the course going right until the end!

If the last topic has shorter amount of time than the others maybe release the final assignment a bit earlier so to prevent unnecessary stress! =D

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This was an amazing experience because you get to hear many other experiences from other disciplines and countries. Online learning is shaping learning in all fields and places. Documentation, using and finding out about different tools are very helpful.
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This was an enlightening experience! To all new participants: make time to read, engage and discuss with your group.

Words/phrases that comes to our minds when thinking of the ONL experience are:
Collaborate
Engage
Question
Think outside the box
Learn from others
Share your lived experiences
Encourage each other
Be brave and challenge
Openness and honesty
Enjoy and have fun in discussion
Make time

Documentation along the way
Your group mates will have heaps and heaps of great resources (readings, ICT-tools, guides) that you probably will not have time for digging deeper into during the course, but that you would like to come back to when the course is finished. Document these along the way instead of trying to collect them afterwards.

Be considerate of your group mates' schedule
If you are taking the course by attending a PBL group, set aside time in the beginning of the course and discuss how you want to work with each other. Can you meet synchronously on a short notice or do you need to plan in advance? Is it better to schedule meetings one topic at a time, or the whole ONL course from the beginning? What works for you and what works for your group mates?

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1. Read literature available prior to meeting with your group members.
2. Have group meetings spaced in the week to give you some time to prepare between the meetings.
3. Find a way/tool to communicate easily between the group members, e.g.  whatsapp, and turn the sound off during the night ;)
4. Make notes of time zones differences.
5. Enjoy the PPL group meetings, the cooperation and getting to know new people.

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Put some time and effort into getting to know your pbl group members, and let them get to know who you are -- warts and all! You'll be going through pretty intensive and stressful work faces at least 4-5 times during this course, so you need to be able to trust that you will work and support each other through thick and thin.

Find the best medium through which to chat formally and informally. We quickly shifted to using Whatsapp as our main Communication channel rather than the clumsy ONL site. Doing this gave us the freedom to keep each other informed of course-related and PBL-related issues as well as more peripheral and fun things.

You know those really rich and memorable experiences that leave both your heart and mind full? This is what’s ahead for you...

Be open to working with new technology tools and embrace the challenge!

If you are new to all the tech.tools used, take your time to learn about them and collaborate with them - it’s one part of the course and they are really fun and useful for your future teaching!

This is a highly rewarding course in terms of individual as well as collaborative learning. Expect to spend some serious amount of time!

Invest time in getting familiar with the pros and cons of new collaborative tools - this experience might be as useful and inspiring to change/develop your teaching as reading ll of the articles.

Be as lucky as I was with my PBL group members!

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1. There is really much to learn just remember the balance between overview and focus
2. If you have time to start the topic in advance you can look at the material from the course before yours
3. Be reasonable with your time management; to some topics you can contribute more than to others
4. Start with the rules for collaboration right from the beginning, when you establish the group netiquette
5. This course is a start for an new way of learning and working
6. To manage your time; do not use too difficult tools for your group project.
7. Do not forget to have fun!

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This course is just the start of your journey. You don't need to understand or learn everything now.

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·      The time is worth it!

·      The more open you are the more you can discover.

·      Don’t worry about the group presentations too much. Your learning process is most important.

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Dear future ONLers, You will devote a lot of time for this course, but you will learn a lot, too! Make sure you don't underestimate what is required, make sure you collaborate with your group members, and make sure you take notes throughout the course (you can use your blog posts for this) so that you don't forget the names of all the amazing tools you were introduced to! Have fun!